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    Quote Originally Posted by steveinindy View Post
    I'd be first in line for that as a student.
    I would be second in line..

    If a club would work why not start a club that is nation wide. Kinda like the EAA with chapters but have this a training club....Call It something like the...ATA.....Avaition Training Association.....

    Each Chapter owns its bird and the CFI is paid through the ATA....

    Thoughts.........

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    If someone wants to offer free flight training to the general public, they should buy a C-150 and go for it. Using a homebuilt won't make any difference.

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    Thanks, y'all.
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    You can train for free in and EAB and charge just for your services...Right from the horses mouth..so to speak..

    http://www.sportpilot.org/questions/...asp?faqid=1801
    Question :
    Would it be legal to use an Experimental Amateur-Built AC to give flight lessons to others IF I do not charge for the A/C but only my CFI Fee?

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    There is no restriction on giving or receiving instruction in an experimental aircraft. You could give instruction in an amateur-built aircraft so long as no fee was charged for the use of the aircraft itself. You would be allowed to charge a reasonable fee for your instruction.

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    Would folks come all the way to Virginia for a $1,000 ppc? Because if I can teach in a VariEze at 3.5 gph @ $5.70 per gallon, do you realize that's only $800 for fuel? I don't care if I make any money or not, but I may have to charge a small fee just to help pay for hanger space, etc. So how about a $2,000 ppc?
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    I am shooting to become a cfi next year. I will be offering certificates less than $2,500. I will, perhaps in 2014, be offering CFI certificates to maybe some of y'all so we can establish these operations across the country. These will be at a greatly reduced rate, which I myself will subsidize. Question is, will I find any willing participants?
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    I also will, with every thousand or so dollars I save, be giving actual free training to a motivated individual, who does not have to be a student heading into the airline industry.
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    My dream is to offer $1,500 ppc's. I will get there.
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    Just curious, you have an examiner on board with this plan?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WingsAloft View Post
    Would folks come all the way to Virginia for a $1,000 ppc? Because if I can teach in a VariEze at 3.5 gph @ $5.70 per gallon, do you realize that's only $800 for fuel? I don't care if I make any money or not, but I may have to charge a small fee just to help pay for hanger space, etc. So how about a $2,000 ppc?
    I'd certainly do it. Where in Virginia are you planning to do this?
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